Description
Don’t miss Thursdays With Elvis, a fabulous girls' night out from acclaimed writer Martin Lynch (The History of the Troubles (Accordin’ to My Da) and Chronicles of Long Kesh).
Packed with the greatest hits of the sixties, including Aretha Franklin’s Respect, The Ronette’s Be My Baby, Etta James’ At Last, plus plenty of Elvis classics, Thursdays with Elvis is a heart-warming, hard-hitting, and utterly hilarious comedy about making do and making a change with the help of… the King of Rock and Roll?!
Single Mother Lana struggles with the cost of living and the rising price of Prosecco. Universal Credit doesn’t leave much for a night out, so she makes do with a Thursday night kitchen party - getting dolled-up and dancing to the soundtrack of her childhood, Lana strives to look on the bright side, no matter how hard things get… Late one night, Lana gets a shock of her life when Elvis appears in her kitchen – is he real, a figment of her imagination, or an impersonator sent by her Elvis-obsessed Dad? One thing’s for sure, this mysterious stranger is about take Lana on an unlikely adventure that might just leave her ‘all shook up’!
Can Elvis change a single mother’s life forever? Find out when Thursdays with Elvis rocks the Grand Opera House like never before!
Directed by Charlotte Westenra (winner of BWW Irish Award for Best Director for The Agreement at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast).
- Admission £20 - £37.50
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